Vivi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VIV-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Vivi is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “alive, lively”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Vivi mean?
Latin: pet form of Vivienne or Vivian, from vivus
“alive, lively”
Is Vivi a girl's or a boy's name?
Vivi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vivi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Vivi, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Vivi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Vivi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Vivi, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. It first appears in the records in 1946.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Vivi of any year since it first appeared, in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Vivi in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 67 girls in the US were given Vivi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,201, up from #3,211 for this spelling alone.
- Vivi 49
- Vivie 13
- Vivy 5
Vivi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
Names like Vivi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Anvi Vaani Aarvi Prisha Dhanvi Aashvi Dhriti Krishvi Pranshi Shanvi Sharvi
Other spellings of Vivi
Names related to Vivi
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vivi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vivi, updated 20 October 2026.